Children 1st @ Chesterfield

Inspection of Children 1st @ Chesterfield Dryhurst House, Royal Hospital,Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5BL

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children of all ages spend a large amount of time playing outdoors. Staff closely supervise children as they use large play equipment. Pre-school children develop their coordination and strength in their legs and arms as they play on tyre swings. They demonstrate that they understand how to use the weight of their body to make the tyre spin around. Babies have their own garden space where they can safely crawl and walk. They smile and giggle as they shake and bang instruments to create noise. Staff wrap babies up warmly and gently settle them to sleep in prams outside.

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The provision is good

Children are creative and use their imaginations as they play together in the mud kitchen. Staff encourage and support them to take turns with baking equipment. They provide a gentle reminder when children struggle to share. Children work together to make 'mud cookies'. They talk about cookies being a special treat because they have a lot of sugar in them, which is bad for their teeth. Singing can be heard throughout the nursery. Babies cuddle with staff as they sing nursery rhymes. Toddlers join in with the actions to familiar rhymes. Staff encourage children to develop a love of books. Babies show an interest in the pictures. Toddlers listen intently as staff read familiar stories to them. Pre-school children confidently talk about the characters and events in their favourite books.

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need to do better?

n All staff receive good support to continually develop their professional knowledge and skills. The management team place high value on the staff that work at the setting. They recognise and reward the strengths in practice that individual staff have. They encourage these staff to mentor and share their skills with others within the team. Staff comment that they feel valued and well supported in their roles. n Staff promptly recognise the signs that children may need additional help or support. They work alongside parents and other professionals, where gaps in children's learning are identified, to implement targeted support to help children make the best possible progress. Children's key workers ensure that all staff who work with children understand their individual care and development needs. n Parents comment that they are well informed about the time their child spends at the nursery and how their child is developing. Information is shared with

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them via an online app. Parents know what their child has eaten and when they have slept as well as what skills the staff at the nursery are supporting their child to develop. Parents comment that their children are happy at the nursery. They value the care given to their children by the attentive staff. n The manager and staff structure the curriculum to support and build on what children know and can do. Staff place an emphasis on supporting children's

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5 May 2022 personal, social and emotional development. They encourage children to learn how to resolve conflict and to recognise and manage their emotions. When children fall out staff give them the time they need to calm down and think about their behaviour. Older children are confident to express how they feel. This includes expressing when they are happy, sad, angry, or frustrated. n Staff provide activities to give children the opportunity to take part in experiences beyond those that they often have at home. Babies crawl and sit in large trays of paint, exploring the texture of the paint with their hands. Toddlers have daily opportunities to get messy and use their senses to learn as they play with foam, paint, sand and water. Pre-school children use their imagination as they paint pictures of the people they love. n Pre-school children get excited as they spot butterflies flying past the window.

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need to do better?

Staff encourage them to recall and talk about when they kept caterpillars at the nursery. Children recall that the caterpillars made chrysalises and eventually turned into butterflies. However, children's knowledge of the world around them is not consistently supported. When children ask staff questions which they do not know the answers to, staff make up the answers. They do not always provide children with the correct information. n Less consideration is given to the implementation of the curriculum for mathematics. Staff do not make the best use of opportunities that arise from children's play to encourage and support children to develop and build on their use of number, shape and measure.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff implement risk assessments well to ensure that the nursery premises are safe, secure and suitable. Fire drills and lockdown drills are practised regularly, so that staff and children know what to do in the event of an emergency. Staff attend regular training and safeguarding is discussed at team meetings and in supervisions. Staff know the potential signs and symptoms of abuse. They demonstrate a secure knowledge of the procedures to follow should they have concerns about a child's well-being or safety. Staff understand how to report any concerns they may have about the conduct or suitability of another member of staff.

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should:

n ensure staff provide accurate information in response to children's questions n support staff to deliver the curriculum for mathematics effectively, to enhance children's understanding of number, shape and measure.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206321 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10216751 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 73 Number of children on roll 107 Name of registered person Breedon House Nurseries Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01246 563 644 Date of previous inspection 14 August 2013

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Information about this early years setting

Children 1st @ Chesterfield, registered in 2000. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 hold appropriate early years qualifications. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 6.30pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspector carried out joint observations of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while at the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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